Pietro Tierno

Pietro Tierno

University Full professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-0813-8683
Scopus Author ID: 15823142900
Researcher ID: C-7468-2011
Knowledge area: Física de la Matèria Condensada

Research group: Física no lineal

Contact Information
Department of Condensed Matter Physics
Pietro Tierno, Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Av. Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona (Spain) phone: 0034-934034031 E.mail: ptierno@ub.edu
934034031
ptierno(a)ub.edu

Academic training

LICENCIADO EN CIENCIAS FISICAS . Universita degli studi di Napoli . 17/10/2001 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
PhD in natural science . Universitat Ulm . 21/11/2005 . (Ph.D.)

Teaching imparted

Biomecànica (Bachelor's degree) - Ingeniería Biomédica(1) - Universidad de Barcelona.
Termodinàmica (Bachelor's degree) - Física - Universidad de Barcelona.
Física Estadística (Bachelor's degree) - Física - Universidad de Barcelona.
Mecànica de Biofluids (University Master's Degree) - Enginyeria Biomèdica - Universidad de Barcelona.
Sistemes Coloidals i Dispositius Supramoleculars (University Master's Degree) - Nanociencia y Nanotecnología - Universidad de Barcelona.

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

Participation in projects

Control activo de flujo protoplasmático en plasmodium Physarum a través de inclusiones magnéticas coloidal . 2011 - 2012 . Ref.FIS2011-13771-E . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Pietro Tierno
Dynamics and assemblies of colloidal particles under Magnetic and Optical forces (DynaMO) . 2014 - 2018 . Ref.335040 . Unió Europea . PI: Pietro Tierno
Transport and collective dynamics of colloidal particles in a magnetic ratchet potential . 2014 - 2015 . Ref.57049473 . Deutscher Akademischer Austauch Dienst (DAAD) (Servicio Alemán de Intercambio Académico) . PI: Pietro Tierno
Magnetically actuated bio-inspired metamaterials . 2015 - 2018 . Ref.665440 . European Commission . PI: Feodor Ogrin
Fenómenos de no-equilibrio en Materia Blanda: de fluidos complejos a tejidos celulares . 2016 - 2019 . Ref.FIS2016-78507-C2-2-P . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Jaume Casademunt Viader; Pietro Tierno
ENgineering FrustratiOn in aRtificial Colloidal icEs: degeneracy, exotic lattices and 3D states (ENFORCE) . 2020 - 2025 . Ref.811234 . Unió Europea . PI: Pietro Tierno

Journal Publications

García-Torres, J:Calero, C.;Sagués, F.;Pagonabarraga, I.;Tierno, P. (2018). Magnetically tunable bidirectional locomotion of a self-assembled nanorod-sphere propeller. Nature Communications, 9, p. 1663 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04115-w . ISSN: 2041-1723
Massana-Cid, H.; Codina, J.; Pagonabarraga, I.; Tierno, P. (2018). Active apolar doping determines novel routes to colloidal clusters and gels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 115, pp. 10618 - 10623 . https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811225115 . ISSN: 0027-8424
Libal, A.; Lee, D.-Y.; Ortiz-Ambriz, A.; Reichhardt, C.; Reichhardt, C. O.; Tierno, P.; Nisoli, C. (2018). Ice rule fragility via topological charge transfer in artificial colloidal ice. Nature Communications, 9, p. 4146 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2041-1723
Massana-Cid, H.; Meng, F.; Matsunaga, D.; Golestanian, R.; Tierno, P. (2019). Tunable self-healing of magnetically propelling colloidal carpets. Nature Communications, 10(1), p. 2444 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2041-1723
Ortiz-Ambriz, A; Nisoli, C.; Reichhardt, C.; Reichhardt, C. J. O.; Tierno, P. (2019). Colloquium: Ice rule and emergent frustration in particle ice and beyond. Reviews of Modern Physics, 91, p. 041003 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0034-6861

Patents, Software and Database

DISPOSITIVO PARA CONTROLAR EL MOVIMIENTO DE UN CUERPO SUMERGIDO EN UNA CAPA DE FLUIDO Y METODO RELACIONADO (SPAIN, 2009)
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL TRANSPORT OF PARAMAGNETIC PARTICLES ON MAGNETIC GARNET FILMS (UNITED STATES, 2008)